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Graveyard shift

October 30, 2009

From the handful it started with six years ago, Wollenziehn said, the Graveyard SHIFT has grown to about 60 people. The service projects, in particular, she said, have helped unify the group.

From the super

Column: Catholic schools combine faith and reason for the common good

October 23, 2009

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by Kathy O'Hara

We must keep working diligently to always improve. Watch for updates in future columns about our efforts.

Inside Catholic Charities

Column: A practical opportunity for giving the gift of life

October 23, 2009

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by The Leaven

What can the faith community do to help? Support life in a most tangible way by making a contribution to Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas designated to helping pregnant women bring the gift of life into this world.

Building the culture of life

Column: Reflecting on the pro-life message

October 23, 2009

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by Ron Kelsey

Our understanding that we, too, are human beings should spur us into action to protect every innocent human being from being legally killed because every human being, regardless of class, is a child of God.

In the beginning

Column: ‘What’s in a name’ depends on the language

October 23, 2009

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by Fr. Mike Stubbs

I have never met anyone named “Bartimaeus.” On the other hand, we all are Bartimaeus. We all have been blind, but now can see, as the song “Amazing Grace” informs us. Christ has enlightened us all. In that sense, we all can claim...

Columnists • Mark my words

Column: A question worth pondering

October 23, 2009

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by Fr. Mark Goldasich

And it’s those same watchmen who will keep that question ever before me — For whom do you work, Father? — and will continually call me to realign my priorities and become more like Jesus, who came “to serve, not to be served.”

Local • Youth & young adult

How Halloween can be redeemed

October 23, 2009

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by The Leaven

Halloween is like our Mardi Gras before a very serious Lent. We should be able to laugh at the dark side and dress up in costumes and have parties. Let’s reclaim our heritage with all the story power, creativity and joyous good...

Archdiocese • Local

Universal truths stressed at Red Mass

October 23, 2009

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by Joe Bollig

“The Red Mass was offered at the beginning of the annual session of court — when judges, attorneys and other public figures gathered to ask for the intervention of the Holy Spirit for the legal community,” said Joshua McCaig, an...

Archdiocese • Local • Parishes

A time for renewal

October 23, 2009

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by Joe Bollig

The lesson of the sesquicentennial, said Campbell, is that Holy Family Catholics are determined and persistent. They are survivors, having outlasted drought, wars, depressions and personal struggles.

Columnists • Life will be victorious

Column: Opportunities about for us to grow closer to the Lord

October 23, 2009

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by Archbishop Joseph Naumann

Many parishes regularly offer missions like the one that changed Patty Schneier’s life forever. Several of our parishes provide retreat opportunities such as Christ Renews His Parish or the Light of the World retreats. School of...

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